Festival of Frugality #75 Recap

Ok, there’s just a few more days until the NEXT Festival of Frugality hits the web at My Two Dollars, but I wanted to highlight my favorites from this past week’s Festival hosted by Tricia at Blogging Away Debt.

Grad Money Matters asks How frugal are you? I admit I can be cheap sometimes, and my notion of “value” can sway depending on my mood

Blunt Money also talks about “Frugal vs Cheap“, and includes a humorous table comparing the two

ProBargainHunter analyzes Which place sells the cheapest tires? We need new rear tires for our Pontiac soon, and the last pair came from Sam’s Club. However, I didn’t like the service, so I’ll probably go back to my trusty Sears, NTB or Merchant’s.

I purchased 4 tires for my SUV from TireRack. I then took them to a local place to have them installed for 25 per tire (this included mounting, balance, disposal of old tires and lifetime rotations). Even adding in the extra 100 bucks to install the tires, I still saved almost 200 dollars for the same tires the local store was going to put on. I think it cost about 10 per tire to ship, but I didn’t pay any state sales tax, so that alleviated that charge.